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>> were already getting indications that a lot of people had canceled flood insurance around these areas as recently as last week. a dumb question for you, michael. when the states that declared these emergencies, the five or six of them, last week, what does that set them up for? what kind of federal aid? what can those who have been struck expect? what? >> well, the first thing it does is it allows fema to pre-position supplies. you can get water. you can get shelter set up. there are a lot of...

Children snowed in at school, could not leave. all the children having to hunker down for the entire night with teachers as their guardians and it is not over yet. 1600 flights are already canceled today. that count is a moving target. emergency declarations are still in place from louisiana to north carolina. now, public officials are back on their heels and trying to explain how this got so bad. we are taking you live throughout this storm today. we are live in college park, georgia. we are li...

Greater exports. as a result, prices have all but doubled. more than two dozen states have issued emergency declarations to ease restrictions on propane drivers to get more of it on the roads to those who need it. >> we have reached out to the pipeline association here in washington to bring to their attention the severity of the situation to try to expedite the shipment. weve also reached out to the railroad association to urge them to expedite rail delivers. >> reporter: but with winter in ful...

I-95. the timing of the snow will be during the mid morning to late afternoon from areas around d.c. about mid afternoon through this evening from boston to new york city. 6 to 10 in this area of pink. its an i-95 snowstorm. the highest totals will be found in the cities, d.c., baltimore, philly, new york city and southern new england. >> okay. thank you. the frigid air is bringing a new threat staying warm. more than a dozen states had emergency declarations in place because of a shortage of ...

>> reporter: chris, good morning. so what you see here behind me is headed your way right now. were seeing really the beginning of this storm. the lake effect snow here where we got snow overnight. right now, it is 7 degrees. so as you mentioned, very, very cold. at least 1,900 flight cancellations so far. and as the storm continues, we can only expect that number to rise. keep in mind, though, it is so cold in so many places that were seeing more than two dozens states issue emergency declarati...

Where theyve been hit by another like effect storm. george? >> reporter: kate, good morning. we did see the lake-effect snow this morning. as soon as it comes to chicago it goes away. streets are clearing now. the storm we saw here in chicago headed your way. certainly headed toward the east coast. the big concern right now the cold temperatures. right now here in chicago its five degrees. keep in mind, microphone state, more than two dozen in fact, issued emergency declarations because of a sho...

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Talk to the individual communities so people know how they can get the help they need. we expedited our emergency declarations for the state of new jersey and local counties that have been affected. that means people can immediately start registering for emergency assistance. one of the things i want to emphasize to the people of new jersey and through the region now thank you safe and your family is safe and you are trying to figure out where you will stay the next few days, et cetera, it is im...

Out of the search and rescue phase, is to make sure that they are going out and talking to individual communities, so that people know exactly how they can get the help that they need. you know, we expedited our emergency declarations for the state of new jersey and local counties that have been affected. what that means is that people can immediately start registering for emergency assistance. and one of the things i want to emphasize to the people in new jersey and throughout the region. now t...